Hand sawing machine



(No Model.) M. V. YORK HAND SAWING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 1882.

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20 machine; Fig. 2, a back view of the same;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN v. YORK, or SHERMAN, TEXAS.

HAND SAWING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,590, dated December5, 1882.

Application filed September 6,1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: balanced by weight D, and moves freely up Beit known that I, MARTIN V. YORK, a or down between thestandards.Intheframecitizen of the United States, residing at Sher- .work 0 turnsthe horizontal shaft E,furnished 30 man, in the county of Gray'son andState of at both ends with handles F, by which it is 5 Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Hand driven. v v

Sawing-Machine, of which the following is a G is a cog-wheel secured toit, gearing into specification. a pinion, H, on the crank-shaft If. Thisshaft at oneend carries a fly-wheel, J. From the 3 5 My inventionrelates to improvements in hand sawing-machines in which averticallycrank I to cross-head a extends a connectingrod, K, impartingto the cross-head and saw 10 movable frame-work supporting the drivingmechanism operates in conjunction with a hori- 0, attached to it, thedesired horizontal reciproeating movement. 0 e are guides in which thezontally-reciprocating cross-head for carrying the saw; and the objectof my improvements cross-head slides. 40 is to provide a portablehand-power machine The saw may be fed fast or slow by remov- 1 for therapid cutting of stove-wood, and for ing or adding to the weight D.

What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- otherlight sawing. I attain these objects by y the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- The combinatiomin ahandsawing-machine, 5

1 Figure 1 'is a side elevation of the entire of the standards B B andmovahleframe-work G, balanced as shown, with the gearing G and H,crank-shaft I, and reciprocating cross-head a, carrying saw 0, allsubstantially as shown and set forth.

and Fig. 3 a plan view through the line 00 as, Fig. 1. Similar lettersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views. 7 z 5 The platformA and standards B B, secured to its upper side, support the movableframework'G ofthe machine. This frame-work is MARTIN V. YORK.

Witnesses:

J. F. YOUNG, THOS. W. RANDOLPH.

